Project Manager

Cisco -
Cairo, EgyptPosted 4 years ago

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Leads medium to large or multiple small customer facing projects
Creation of a project schedule and plan with financial, resource and material requirements.
Participates in the preparation of proposals and agreements.
Oversees project staff including project engineers, vendors, partners and subcontractors.
Leads the project from start to completion including the resolution of project issues.
Accountable for the Project Budget
Presents service business value to customers for new or existing business
May lead internal projects/programs within Cisco
May lead ongoing optimization service to deployed customer network
Maintains customer satisfaction score of 4.5 or higher

Related Business/ Technical Knowledge, Skills and Expertise

Project Management experience in the deployment of leading edge technologies in a complex commercial environment.
Has completed significant part of formal Project Management training program
Has basic knowledge of routing, routing protocols, switching, internet and general network architecture.
Has leadership skills and experience working with large project teams and strategic account teams.
Has a working knowledge of the sales process including risk assessment and scoping
Has a good understanding of the legal issues with contracts
Has advanced negotiation and presentation skills
Understands the organization, aims and processes

Education and Experience

Typically requires BS/BA degree or equivalent plus 7-8 years related experience in networking / telecom industry
OR min 4-5 years managing LAN and/or WAN network implementation and support PLUS 4-5 years in a Clearly defined Project Management role.

Project Complexity

Manages medium to large, or multiple small customer deployments with clearly defined objectives.
Projects utilize existing or new Cisco technologies, multiple third party vendors and cross multiple functions, have high organization transparency and may include multiple locations or Regions.
Manages multiple critical tasks in tight time frames

Core Competencies

Project plan and schedule creation.
Service level contracts.
Ability to balance multiple large and critical tasks.
Advanced Negotiation, communication and presentation skills.
Major account experience.
Partner services delivery model experience.
Ability to work independently in remote customer sites.
Service solutions sales skills.
Ability when required to control multiple project managers in the delivery cycle
Familiar with the organization goals, vision and processes

Preferred Skills / Qualifications

Should have some formal project management qualification ideally PMP, PRINCE 2, ESi or equivalent or be studying for such a qualification
Bilingual, Arabic speaking is a must
Experience in the Local market is helpful
Multinational background is also a plus
Project experience with the designing and deployment of Cisco Technologies